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A busy few months for the
Excelerate programme!

On the 6 September last year we welcomed twenty new graduate civil, construction management,
building services engineers, and quantity surveyors onto the 2016 cohort of the Excelerate Graduate
Leadership Programme.

As in previous years, the four day induction immersed and received a personal welcome from Stephen
them in the practical and fun world of John Sisk & Son, Bowcott who reiterated the commitment the company
taking place at Kents Hill Park in Milton Keynes. has towards developing future leaders.

The induction week brought everyone together and In the same month we also welcomed five new
was the first time the delegates met. It was packed trainee quantity surveyors who have started their
with a wide array of activities including an introduction five year part time degree programme, BSc (Hons)
to the business and the Excelerate programme, the in Quantity Surveying & Construction Management,
importance of safety and quality, as well as practical within our Ireland East Business Unit. This qualification
workshops. In addition to this, delegates also got to will be delivered in partnership with Dublin Institute of
meet various chartership institutions to get advice Technology Bolton Street, and will allow participants
on how to kick-start their chartership routes, which to put their theoretical knowledge from the course into
the programme very much pushes each participant practice while working on their projects.
to pursue. On the final evening most of the graduates
met with their programme mentors for the first time, We would like to wish all our new starters all the best
in their first placements!

With the 2016 intake solidly embedded into the graduate students. In total we attended sixteen events
business in September, in early October last year we (presentations, career talks and fairs) in the space of
started our campaign to recruit the 2017 Excelerate six weeks, and this could not have been done without
intake of graduates. As a business we had gone on a the support of current graduates, managers, and
roadshow across the UK & Ireland visiting universities, directors from across a variety of Business Units.
from Southampton to Belfast in the UK, and Limerick Thank you very much to everyone who willingly gave
to Dublin in Ireland, promoting our company and the their time and expertise, and shared their passion for
opportunities we have to offer current and recent working for Sisk!

Dublin Institute of Excelerate and mentors University of Loughborough Career
Technology Career Event, Event. Sabrina Thakur, Linda Norris
Laura MacGregor and and Luke Whittaker
Ger Byrne

If you would like to learn more about, or get involved with, the Excelerate programme in the future,
then please contact Marina Leleko in the HR team.

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